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2024 ICE Detention Expansion

The expansion of ICE detention capacity since 2024 and its impact on immigration bond hearings and access to counsel.

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Feb 4, 2026

How did ICE discretionary release policies change under Trump and what were the legal consequences?

discretionary release policies under the second administration shifted sharply from a routine, case-by-case exercise toward near-automatic detention: ICE curtailed discretionary releases, instructed t...

Jan 28, 2026

How has the rapid expansion of ICE bed contracts since 2024 affected access to legal counsel and bond hearings for detainees?

The rapid post‑2024 expansion of —driven by large congressional appropriations and new contracts that roughly double detention space—has coincided with administrative policies that sharply limit and m...